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City of Beaverton 2011-2012 | www.BeavertonOregon.gov | Community Guide 7

Beaverton Business By the Numbers:

 

Number of Firms: 4,103

Average Wage: $46,445

Number of Employees: 61,111

Average Employees per Business: 15

 

Business Sectors:

Retail: 25%

Educational Services and Health Care: 16%

Professional Service and Management: 11%

Manufacturing: 10%

Finance, Insurance and Real estate: 7%

Admin & Waste Management: 7%

Information: 7%

 

Workforce

If you need high-qualifed, skilled labor, then Beaverton is the place to be. Forty percent of city residents possess a bachelor’s degree or higher. Ninety percent are high school graduates. Our workforce is skilled in technology, manufacturing, and of course, the outdoor and apparel industry, with some of the largest names such as Nike, and Columbia Sportswear, right in our backyard.

Business Spotlight: Lanphere Enterprises

Lanphere Enterprises, headquartered in Beaverton, is an example of the type of community involvement from local businesses that keeps our city strong. With more than 550 employees in Oregon, Lanphere is a signifcant employer in the city. This past year, Lanphere was honored by the City and the Chamber of Commerce with a Business 4 Beaverton award. Lanphere also received recognition as one of Oregon’s Top Private 150 Companies by Oregon Business Magazine. Lanphere was also honored as a 2011 Service to Beaverton award winner.  

At their request, Lanphere recently added several properties into Beaverton, further solidifying their commitment to the City. The company sponsors the Celebration Parade. Senior executives volunteer for the Visioning Advisory Committee, the Beaverton Urban Renewal Agency and the Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce Board. The company recently provided a great deal of material and fnancial support for a Leadership Beaverton class project to provide an awning for the Beaverton Family Resource Center.

Bob Lanphere Sr. and Bob Lanphere Jr. with Mayor Denny Doyle at the Ribbon Cutting for Beaverton Honda

Beaverton4Business Award

Launched in 2009, the Beaverton4Business (B4B) Awards is a City of Beaverton program, conducted in cooperation with the Beaverton Chamber of Commerce, that publicly recognizes signifcant business achievement by companies headquartered or with operations in Beaverton.

The Beaverton Mayor’s Offce makes fnal selection of all B4B Award recipients based upon factors ranging from, but not limited to, fscal year revenue growth, employment, capital acquisition, product innovation and sustainability to green operations, and signifcant trade or business media notoriety.

B4B Award winner, Mark Owen, Founder & CEO, Puralytics, with Mayor Denny Doyle and Lorraine Clarno, Chamber President